Simply Hannah: The Light of the Gospel

Dear Family & Friends:

I'm emailing from Nauvoo right now so the email might be a little short, because we have to be getting to the temple here shortly! Grandma Mickey was baptized in Mount Vernon a year ago yesterday and is going through the temple today. Today also happens to be what would have been Mickey's 50th wedding anniversary and she will be sealed to her husband!

We had a good week and were able to spend quite a bit of time tracting which was good because we were able to meet lots of people and have several that we will be following up with this week! On Wednesday we had Zone Training Meeting and it was really great because our trainings were on Spiritual Endurance and Diligence!

Sister Porter, Sister Call, Karin and Anthony

We saw Karin and Anthony and it was sad, because the light that they have had in the other lessons was gone, and they have stopped reading the Book of Mormon and you can physically see the absence of light that is with them :(

Saturday was also a good day, because we were able to help the Buttorff's out in the morning and then the Offen's called and asked if we could help them set up for a reception that one of their non member friends, Ken, was having at the church. Ken comes to church close to every week or so with the Offen's and so we were also able to attend the wedding/reception which was very simple and the entire thing took less than an hour! But as we were at the reception we were talking to one of Ken's friends from North Liberty who had come for the wedding. We ended up talking for a good 30 minutes with him about the gospel and our missions! During our conversation he said "You both have such a light about you. You just glow!" It is so neat that others can recognize that there is a difference and it comes because of the light of the gospel. Then, when we were leaving he said, "Well, I didn't expect to have this conversation when I came today. I thought I was just going to get some cake, punch, and leave."